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Declaration of Immigration Film Series
El Norte
A film by Gregory Nava
October 2, 2008 at 7pm
National Museum of Mexican Art
FREE
Maya farmers have their village and families destroyed by the Guatemalan army after trying to form a labor union. Upon losing everything, a teenage brother and sister decide they must flee to “El Norte” (“the North”, i.e., the USA). With clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling through Mexico, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young and uneducated immigrants. Celebrating its 25th anniversary since its debut, Oscar-nominated El Norte is the first independent American film to deal with immigration issues.
